About this episode

The episode discusses the assassination attempts on Donald Trump, the investigations that were shut down, and their historical significance.

The attempts on Donald Trump’s life, why he shut down the investigations and how it altered history forever. Ken Silva with bizarre details from the shooting that changed world history. (00:00) The Assassination Attempt on Trump in Butler, PA (05:04) Who Was Thomas Crooks? (13:14) The Missing Details of That Day (25:45) The Strange Crooks Sightings (37:06) How Was Crooks Such a Good Marksman? (59:11) Did Iran Have Anything to Do With This? (1:22:34) Ryan Routh Recruiting Foreign Fighters for Ukraine Ken Silva is the editor of HeadlineUSA.com, a contributor to the Libertarian Institute, and the author of "The Trump Assassination Plots: What the Investigations Missed, and Why it Matters (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1GVFW3Y/r)." He has more than 15 years of experience as an investigative reporter, with bylines in the Associated Press, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Reason, and numerous other publications. Follow him on Twitter/X: @JD_Cashless. Paid partnerships with: Ethos: Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/TUCKER Joi + Blokes: Use code TUCKER for 65% off your labs and 20% off all…

People in this episode

Host: Tucker Carlson

Guest: Ken Silva

Topics covered

• Trump assassination attempt
• investigations
• historical impact
• Ken Silva
• Thomas Crooks
• foreign fighters
• Iran involvement

Keywords

• Trump
• assassination
• investigation
• Ken Silva
• Thomas Crooks
• Iran
• foreign fighters
• Butler PA

Sponsors

Ethos, Joi + Blokes, American Financing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HeadlineUSA.com, Libertarian Institute

Books & works: The Trump Assassination Plots: What the Investigations Missed, and Why it Matters

Places: Iran, Butler, PA

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